TOSSED Synonyms: 150 Similar and Opposite Words

tossed

verb

past tense of toss

as in lurched

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions the boat tossed to and fro in the heavy seas

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as in jerked

to make jerky or restless movements tossed and turned in bed all night, unable to sleep in the heat

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as in threw

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm toss that football over here

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as in discarded

to get rid of as useless or unwanted we need to go through the basement and toss whatever we don't use

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Recent Examples of tossed The few immigrants who did vote improperly had their ballots tossed but otherwise faced no legal problems. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 The Panthers are coming off a 59-0 victory over Nevada Community; Heritage sophomore quarterback Lane Vargas tossed eight TD passes. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026 And Tesla shareholder approved Musk’s enormous pay package last year — even after a Delaware judge tossed it over lack of independence. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026 Required to go for two, Toney took a handoff and tossed a two-point conversion to Cooper Barkate. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026 In the middle of an October day, a 16-year-old boy tossed a shotgun over a low chain-link fence. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 However, Marshall tossed a critical interception with KU driving in the fourth quarter; he was picked off in the end zone. — Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026 Yet Abrams still won’t kvetch about being crammed into a tiny whale-stomach set with a camera crew, while a half-dozen crew members surrounding the practical gut, wielding a gimbal, tossed him around like a wet rag doll. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 Ohtani tossed his bat and raised his arms to celebrate as the Dodgers took a 4-0 lead in the second inning. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tossed

Verb

The insurrection drew immediate and obvious parallels to the United States, which, during much of the past decade, has lurched alongside Brazil through a strange hall of mirrors.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
And there was a frenzy as one man, grimacing and sweating, lurched along pulling a truck with a rope.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of lurched

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During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Somewhere nearby, in a dark office, an eavesdropping oreja has just jerked to attention on his hard little chair.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of jerked

Verb

Pastries containing squash for which there is a poster indicating a shelf life of two days under refrigeration, were for sale and at room temperature without time-mark indicators to be discarded.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
As for privacy, Mayer said users can grant Dazzle full, partial, or no access to their photos and images that are sensitive are immediately discarded.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of discarded

Verb

Shoppers are now as likely to be swayed by an agent’s recommendation as by an influencer, Morning Consult finds, but few are comfortable letting AI make purchases on their behalf.

— Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Yet residents of Hazle Township aren’t swayed by the prospect of fast cash, viewing it as a payoff, and a weak one at that.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of swayed

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One woman ordered some home furniture while two children fidgeted nearby.

— David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
Between each dance was an excruciating silence during which network-TV producers monitored and reset their equipment while the men fidgeted onstage like excitable children.

— Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026

Definition of fidgeted

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For over a week, protesters have hurled rocks, flares, firebombs and fireworks at police who have used batons and tear gas in clashes in the city center.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Big ups to Michael Bratton, aka SEC Mike, who hurled a few verbal thunderbolts at CFP overlords during a recent on-air visit with ESPN’s Paul Finebaum.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of hurled

Verb

Selig in essence dumped his team’s AL tradition for a few more home games with the Cubs and their money-spending fans from the North Shore.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Their attackers confronted them there, shot them dead in the early morning hours and then dumped their bodies into a well more than 50 feet deep.

— Fabiola Sánchez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026